So I was going to put together this whole on-topic post about my favorite healthy treats/desserts…and then forgot my camera (and pictures of said items) at home. So you get a (brand new) iPhone (…4s…Thanks, the ONE button on my old iPhone for crapping out) WIAW, featuring some pretty standard/non-exciting eats.
Breakfast
I kept it simple this morning. TJ’s sprouted whole grain toast with egg whites. And a really depressing book. Who doesn’t want to start their morning with tales of Nigerian child-soldiery?
Morning Drinks and Oats
Pre-workout: BCAAs and coffee (NOT mixed together, separate drinks…)
Post-workout: Vega protein followed by a big bowl of fall-spiced oatmeal.
Lunches
Lunch One: Spaghetti squash, snap peas and “ground beef” with lots of nutritional yeast on top.
Lunch Two: Indian-spiced collard greens (yes, I still have collard greens left), beets and turnips with silken tofu.
Dinner
I’m planning on eating this every night this week…Spicy peanut-tomato soup with poached eggs and TSP “croutons.” Delicious bowl of warm yum for chilly, rainy days.
Dessert
There’s at least one healthy treat featured here. And yes, it looks a whole lot like my breakfast setup. Almond-chocolate protein mousse with a hot mug of sleepy time tea.
What do you do while you eat? Read? Blog? Watch TV? Actually focus on eating?
Delicious eats as usual, Allie! Love the simplicity of your breakfast! As much as the “experts” preach about mindful eating instead of watching tv/reading/blogging etc, they fail to mention one thing: it can be damn boring. It’s one thing if you are eating with others and engaging in conversation but if not, I actually enjoy my meal less…I want to get through it as soon as possible so that I can return back to tv/reading/etc….why not combine the 2 for the best of both worlds!
I’m with you–I have got to be reading or surfing the Internet while eating. I’m definitely still enjoying/tasting my food, it just needs some background noise!
I usually read blogs while I eat lunch and uh…may sometimes eat breakfast in the car. Which would be fine if it was all smoothies or something but uh…it’s usually eggs. That’s totally safe.
Haha, I totally ate a big bowl of scrambled eggs and sweet potato covered in sriracha while driving the other day. Saucy spicy food + the road? Not the safest/most brilliant idea. But it DOES save time!
I wish that sleepy time tea worked for me. It does nothing but make me have to pee during the night lol But I guess I do enjoy drinking it haha
Yeah, I don’t know that it necessarily makes me sleepy, I just like the taste and that there’s no caffeine. Plus who doesn’t love a barely-awake 2am stumble to the bathroom?
Soup recipe, please!
Also, is that the Celestial Seasonings Sleepytime tea? With the WONDERFUL drawing of a bear, in his pajamas, with a cat, and a fireplace? Most darling thing ever, end of story.
It’s actually Trader Joe’s version which I like a teeeny bit better than CS’s sleepytime, it just doesn’t come with a pajama-bear
Maybe you could crochet a little coozy for the box. That would be about as adorable as a pajama bear
Oh, and speaking of Trader Joe’s–the soup recipe? Trader Joe’s low sodium tomato soup…with some peanut flour whisked in. I went semi- (barely-) homemade on this one ;D
What a great idea! Peanut flour is something that I’ve been interested in trying. Where do you buy yours?
A. A tea BOX cozy rather than a tea pot cozy would be the most amazing thing ever. Seriously thinking about how I could do that. Or just a DIY tea box/tea organization in general, I open my cabinets and teabag boxes pour out…
B. http://www.iherb.com/Protein-Plus-Roasted-All-Natural-Peanut-Flour-16-oz-453-g/36230 That’s the stuff I use/where I buy it from. iHerb is amazing in general–they have food products (TVP, silken tofu, etc) at way cheaper prices than grocery stores and shipping is free after $40, which isn’t ever a problem to hit, haha. Some protein powders are cheapest there too, but those are worth shopping around for first to make sure. They should pay me for some promotional services, huh?
I’d never heard of that site! Thank you for sharing it. I’ve been wanting to try stevia as well and this looks like a good place to buy it. Neat!
Your dinner is going to be my meal #2 today. Yummmm!
I am so in love with this combo! And that it takes about five minutes to throw together ;D
I did it for meal 5 with cilantro and chipotles. It was heavenly. The end.
Every time I eat I catch up on blogs, so guess what I’m doing right now?
When I eat I usually try to just focus on that… but sometimes I read food magazines
oh man that soup looks amazing, recipe?
Mentioned it above in the comments–it’s just Trader Joe’s low sodium soup with peanut flour whisked in. Add poached eggs, hot pepper flakes, and other add-ins of choice. FAST and yum
Protein mousse sounds really good right now. And I focus on eating about half of the time when I eat… Normally I’m reading blogs though
Almond Chocolate Protein Mousse YUM! I had White Chocolate Protein Mousse Tea last night after dinner and it was DELICIOUS! I enjoy reading blogs while eating and catching up on the “blog trends.” I try and focus on eating so I will eat a majority of my meal with NOTHING and towards the end I am like ok whats going on in the blog world lol* Love and Shine CourtStar
at least you got a new phone out of it, right? hehe. Love that dinner!
Cool about the new phone! The almond mousse looks good!
That soup sounds delicious.
NOM!!!!! You always have such tasty eats my friend
Usually, I watch TV or read while I eat…I honestly can’t remember the last time I actually just sat there and was alone with my food…I think I’d be scared of the weird noises I make chewing haha
Ahaha, good point! Who wants to hear themselves chew??
Your ‘plain’ meals look sooo yummy to me!! Love your dinner and lunch!! Spaghetti squash!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Your pictures are beautiful! Have you blended coffee with your protein before?
I’ve used different muscle milk/premade protein drinks as “creamer” for coffee before–SO good!
um YUM I really want that bowl of soup!!! if I am eating alone, I am generally on the internet. if I am with Jason (or someone else), I want to talk to them, but… HAVE to have noise, so radio or television on a non annoying station.
You should make that bowl of soup! So easy–thank you, Trader Joe’s cartons of soup. Bet some Pacific Naturals soup would be pretty good with a poached egg in it too ;D
Spaghetti Squash… Mmmm!!!! Can you believe the hubs isn’t a fan?? I just can’t understand WHY!!
It all depends on which meal.. during breakfast/lunch I’ll read blogs, but at dinner the hubs & I sit at the table and talk about our day and whatever else.
It seems like lunch is a popular blogging time
And I can’t imagining not liking spaghetti squash! I mean, it doesn’t taste like a whole lot, so you can just top it with any seasoning you love and YUM!
Good & tasty food! I love especially your lovely & easy dessert: Almond-chocolate protein mousse with a hot mug of sleepy time tea. I love sleepy time tea: it helps me so much!
I don’t know if it helps me sleep, but I DO love the taste!
Lunch looks really good to me. Maybe I should give the nutritional yeast-cheese substitution thing a try. I have some, just need to dig it out of the cupboard. Ok…you’ve inspired me, Allie!! Thanks!
Hmm, be warned that it is NOT a substitute for cheese–I mean, it doesn’t taste/act like cheese, but it IS good! So just know you’re getting delicious nutritional yeast, but you are not getting delicious cheese
I hated nutritional yeast at first because of all the promises of “cheese,” but now that I eat it for itself? Delicious!
I am usually on my own at lunch and I either sit at the computer and catch up on blogs, or read a magazine, never a book, too complicated for me.
We try and eat dinner as a family when the nights not filled with activities. Sometimes the kids try and bring books to the table, I always tell them to wait until our meal is over, but it’s kind of cute.
I used to get in trouble for reading at the table all the time as a kid–but I don’t think my parents were really “mad” about it either ;D Way better than a Gameboy/whatever hand-held game devices exist these days. Woah, I’m out of touch with the times…
puhahaha I actually do focus on eating! And savor evvvvery bite…..mmmmm
But during breakfast only, I’ll read devotional books and stuff. It just feels better that way! And oh myyy that book sounds so interesting! And yes, it sounds sad…what’s the title of it?
It’s “Beasts of No Nation,” but I’ve since finished it and wouldn’t recommend it, unfortunately. Not for the content, it just wasn’t a very good book, I’ve read much better/stronger/powerful books about child soldiery.
Dinner is about the only meal that I actually eat at home
Breakfast is on the bus (I hope other people don’t mind), lunch is quickly stuffed into me because I have to get back to work, as for dinner I get back home late so I’m usually alone. Hence, I end up surfing the net, watching shows, or catching up on blogs. Probably not the healthiest but it works.